Roma

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Event Roma
Venue Playbox Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
First Date 17 November 1978
Last Date 23 December 1978
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Roma (Maggie Millar) welcomes the audience into her flat and talks about her life as a suburban "housewife". As her monologue progresses, her fears, loneliness and crippling agoraphobia begin to emerge.

"Roma" was devised from taped conversations and discussions between eight women - four from the Victorian College of the Arts and four Essendon "housewives" - with the intention of exploring "the potential of theatre professionals working side by side with people who can contribute real content for theatre from their actual life experiences". It was originally presented in 1977 at the Essendon YMCA.

The script was compiled by Jan McDonald based on research and interviews with Evelyn Atkinson, Gwen Hardstaff, Sheila Morgan and Merle Swiney, assisted by VCA students Hazel Barry, Alexandra Black and Linda Waters.
Description Source Press Release
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre One Person Show
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Maggie Millar Actor
Carrillo Gantner Director
Jill Smith General Manager
Jan McDonald Playwright
Resources
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper
Programme Advertisement Dennis Wolanski Library collection at UNSW Library
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 30296